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[Verse 1]
E                   A
I told you once the day we met
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I wouldn't be your queen
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Your little darlin', sweet coquette
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Just wasn't my routine
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You've been around enough to know
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There's really no one else
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When I hear that siren call, baby
B
I just can't help myself

[Chorus]
        A
I gotta go
              E
I hope you'll understand
       B
I love you so
A                 E
Want you to be my man

          A
I hear it callin'
                   E
Sound so sweet and plain
        B
I gotta go, baby
           A                E
'Cause the road's my middle name

[Bridge]
           A              E
Well, it's hard enough to love someone
            A              E
When they're right close to home
            A              E
Don't you think I know it's hard, honey
               B
To squeeze the sugar from the phone

[Instrumental]
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B

[Verse 2]
E                   A
Guess the road is in my blood
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'Cause I'm my daddy's kid
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Just have to learn how to let me go
B
Just like my momma did

        A
I gotta go
                    E
I hope you'll understand
               B
Oh, I love you so
A                 E
Want you to be my man

           A
I hear it callin', baby
                   E
Sound so sweet and plain
        B
I gotta go
           A                E
'Cause the road's my middle name

        A
Here it come
                           E
And it sounds so sweet and plain
        B
I gotta go
           A                E
'Cause the road's my middle name
        B
I gotta go
           A                E
'Cause the road's my middle name
              B
Oooh, I gotta go, darlin'
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'Cause the road's my middle name